📋 Tender Overview
The Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry (BHASKAR) enables collaboration among the entrepreneurial ecosystem including startups. 1,97,932 entities are registered under the startup category on BHASKAR as on 30th June 2025. The State/Union Territory (UT) wise details are placed as Annexure-I.
BHASKAR currently is in pilot phase wherein key features are being tested including peer-to-peer interaction, partnerships, and collaborative engagements, generation of unique personalized identification for stakeholder categories and integration of microsites in place for implementation of various Schemes under Startup India.
The Government is undertaking various outreach and awareness measures for BHASKAR across States/UTs to understand the requirement and experience of key user stakeholders including small and micro-enterprises. Such measures, include specific outreach to States/UTs, information sessions in workshops and events, and propagation through various social media platforms. These engagements have been undertaken in collaboration with State Startup Nodal Agencies and other ecosystem partners such as incubators, accelerators, colleges, and universities amongst others.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1484 FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2025
The State/UT-wise number of entities that have selected the startup category during BHASKAR registration and have been issued BHASKAR IDs as on 30th June 2025 are as follows:
S.No.
State/UT
Total
1
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
97
2
Andhra Pradesh
3701
3
Arunachal Pradesh
92
4
Assam
2021
5
Bihar
4224
6
Chandigarh
678
7
Chhattisgarh
2116
8
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
81
9
Delhi
18972
10
Goa
718
11
Gujarat
17370
12
Haryana
10082
13
Himachal Pradesh
788
14
Jammu and Kashmir
1422
15
Jharkhand
1919
16
Karnataka
20004
17
Kerala
7634
18
Ladakh
25
19
Lakshadweep
5
20
Madhya Pradesh
6552
21
Maharashtra
33845
22
Manipur
236
23
Meghalaya
95
24
Mizoram
61
25
Nagaland
116
26
Odisha
3523
27
Puducherry
211
28
Punjab
2343
29
Rajasthan
7226
30
Sikkim
22
31
Tamil Nadu
13409
32
Telangana
10433
33
Tripura
180
34
Uttar Pradesh
19382
35
Uttarakhand
1742
36
West Bengal
6607
Total
1,97,932
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, , in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
